Man sought in flammable liquid attack

S.F. CRIME

Updated 11:06 am, Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Dexter Oliver is wanted by SFPD on suspicion of attempted murder and arson.

Dexter Oliver is wanted by SFPD on suspicion of attempted murder and arson.

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A San Francisco police car is parked in front of a laundromat where an argument started, which resulted in a woman being set on fire Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco police say a woman is hospitalized with what are being described as "life-threatening injuries" after someone poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

A San Francisco police car is parked in front of a laundromat where an argument started, which resulted in a woman being set on fire Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco police say a woman is

San Francisco police officers search for evidence and guard the home of a woman who was set on fire Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco police say a woman is hospitalized with what are being described as "life-threatening injuries" after someone poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire. Police spokesman Officer Carlos Manfredi says officers were called to the city's Bayview District a little after noon by people who reported a woman screaming. When officers arrived they found a women suffering from what Manfredi described as "severe burns." The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was taken to a hospital where she is being treated at a burn center. Her name has not been released. Police did not immediately release any suspect information. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

San Francisco police officers search for evidence and guard the home of a woman who was set on fire Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco police say a woman is hospitalized with what are being

San Francisco police enter the home of a woman who was set on fire Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco police say a woman is hospitalized with what are being described as "life-threatening injuries" after someone poured a flammable liquid on her and set her on fire. Police spokesman Officer Carlos Manfredi says officers were called to the city's Bayview District a little after noon by people who reported a woman screaming. When officers arrived they found a women suffering from what Manfredi described as "severe burns." The woman, believed to be in her 20s, was taken to a hospital where she is being treated at a burn center. Her name has not been released. Police did not immediately release any suspect information. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

San Francisco police enter the home of a woman who was set on fire Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in San Francisco. San Francisco police say a woman is hospitalized with what are being described as "life-threatening

A woman in San Francisco's Bayview district was hospitalized with life-threatening burns Sunday after police say a man she had been dating threw flammable liquid on her.

Officers responded to reports of a woman screaming near the intersection of Hollister Avenue and Jennings Street around 12:17 p.m. Sunday and found a woman in her early 20s who had been severely burned. The woman, whose identity was withheld by police, was rushed to the burn unit of St. Francis Memorial Hospital for treatment.

Oliver remains at large. Police described him as black, approximately 5 feet, 10 inches in height, weighing 155 pounds, and said he was last seen wearing a red-and-white hoodie jacket, gray-and-red Nike shoes and pajama pants decorated with multicolored shamrocks. Oliver also reportedly has a haircut with a fish design on one side of his head and a lightning bolt on the other.

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Oliver is wanted on suspicion of attempted murder and arson, according to a San Francisco Police Department news release. Anyone who comes in contact with Oliver is asked to call the police.

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